Polishing with a difference.
Discussion
Ed China was talking about a special kind of car polishing, and I think I need it. My car has dings and scratches all over the place, so need to get them done. I understand that a normal polish will reveal the scratches again after a few washes and this might explain it! Other than having most of the car re-painted, is there a "cutting polish" or something I can have done to permanently cover/remove them?
Just need to know what to ask for really, as most garages here wouldn't gave a clue here in Dubai.
Cheers.
Just need to know what to ask for really, as most garages here wouldn't gave a clue here in Dubai.
Cheers.
Polishing won't do anything for dents, you'll need a bodywork man for that, but Ed quite often 'wet mops' a car. Basically a large polishing pad used wet, with a cutting compound. This will help remove deeper blemishes and surface oxidisation. You'll then need to finer polish and wax for the perfect finish.
Lots of specialist detailing websites out there to help with this sort of thing.
Lots of specialist detailing websites out there to help with this sort of thing.
Dr Interceptor said:
Polishing won't do anything for dents, you'll need a bodywork man for that, but Ed quite often 'wet mops' a car. Basically a large polishing pad used wet, with a cutting compound. This will help remove deeper blemishes and surface oxidisation. You'll then need to finer polish and wax for the perfect finish.
Lots of specialist detailing websites out there to help with this sort of thing.
That's it, wet mop. Lots of specialist detailing websites out there to help with this sort of thing.
Many thanks.
If a 'polish' reveals scratches after a few washes, then it's not a polish, it's one of those Colourmaster/Colourmagic type products. A polish is a slightly abrasive fluid that removes a fine layer of paint; they get rid of scratches simply by smoothing the whole surface down to be flat (level with what was the bottom of the scratch). The reason you can see a scratch in the first place is because it reflects the light differently to the flat surface around it, so after polishing if you have a nice flat surface, the light reflection will be even and you won't see a scratch. I've had some success polishing out very light scratches by hand, so give that a go first, but for a decent polish you'll need a machine or a professional with a machine.
RobM77 said:
If a 'polish' reveals scratches after a few washes, then it's not a polish, it's one of those Colourmaster/Colourmagic type products. A polish is a slightly abrasive fluid that removes a fine layer of paint; they get rid of scratches simply by smoothing the whole surface down to be flat (level with what was the bottom of the scratch). The reason you can see a scratch in the first place is because it reflects the light differently to the flat surface around it, so after polishing if you have a nice flat surface, the light reflection will be even and you won't see a scratch. I've had some success polishing out very light scratches by hand, so give that a go first, but for a decent polish you'll need a machine or a professional with a machine.
Not quite - a lot of standard polishes contain a filler as well as being abrasive. These will assist in hiding the scratches for a while.Easternlight said:
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/
All you'll ever need to know (plus a lot more you won't.)here
He'll be buying unicorn pube wash mitts before he knows it All you'll ever need to know (plus a lot more you won't.)here
oilslick said:
Easternlight said:
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/
All you'll ever need to know (plus a lot more you won't.)here
He'll be buying unicorn pube wash mitts before he knows it All you'll ever need to know (plus a lot more you won't.)here
t. northwest monkey said:
oilslick said:
Easternlight said:
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/
All you'll ever need to know (plus a lot more you won't.)here
He'll be buying unicorn pube wash mitts before he knows it All you'll ever need to know (plus a lot more you won't.)here
rehab71 said:
northwest monkey said:
oilslick said:
Easternlight said:
http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/
All you'll ever need to know (plus a lot more you won't.)here
He'll be buying unicorn pube wash mitts before he knows it All you'll ever need to know (plus a lot more you won't.)here
He's probably just talking about getting it properly "detailed".
Or in older terms, a decent machine polish.
Could go one step further and get it wet sanded if you have enough paint?
Boring vid but a good demo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BgCmrGMhvss
Or in older terms, a decent machine polish.
Could go one step further and get it wet sanded if you have enough paint?
Boring vid but a good demo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BgCmrGMhvss
There's various compounds available offering different levels of cut, if you're referring to machine polishing. Occasionally if something is rather too far gone then I've had to resort to flatting. You have to be very careful mind, paint depth and hardness varies between manufacturers. A normal resin polish will do little more than hide light scratches. Paint correction is a time consuming and often expensive thing but you would definitely want it doing right. 
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff